I wouldn’t say that I failed to appreciate my time away from work, although once again I struggled somewhat with the “away from work” part. I went out and spent time with family and friends and had a surprisingly great meal at a mall in South Portland, Maine with my wife, and that’s pretty much all I ask for on a vacation, give or take 10 hours of sleep. for the night. However, I appreciated the holidays much more when I returned to my house and its television, the first week of the NFL season and the final games of the US Open.
Not even a day passed before all peace and quiet was drowned in the sea. In its place were some thoughts about Brian Daboll and some feelings of intimidation about Carlos Alcaraz; Later came the opportunity to examine Brett Favre’s role in Mississippi’s widespread and outrageous campaign of fraud against its most needy citizens, and the vile personal behavior of desert nightmare creature Robert Sarver. Lots to talk about, especially when you put it up there against, say, “peaceful time spent in the woods.” We were back.
Fortunately, we were not alone. Drew and I were joined this week by returning champion and ESPN host Pablo Torre. Over the course of what is quite a wide-ranging episode, the three of us addressed Brett Favre’s possible pivot to grievance farming after being re-acquired for his role in the aforementioned Mississippi scam, the dire future upon him. which Carlos Alcaraz will surely headline , and we did our best to assess whether there is such a thing as being too disgusting to own an NBA team in 2022. We also addressed the time during his previous appearance when Pablo scolded for not giving enough respect to Richaun Holmes, which remains and I think will continue to be the harshest scolding I’ve ever received on this or any other podcast.
That was before we got to the silly stuff, which in this case included a consideration of NFL receivers with hyphenated last names and the Jacksonville Jaguars’ special place in the realm of flawed and spicy NFL dudes. We covered some precious mispronunciations, and while some listeners will no doubt be disappointed by my choice, there, I was happy to tell the story of how my sharp pronunciation of an NFL linebacker’s last name (very common) inspired Dad my to laugh at my hell. face when I was a child and scandalized by the peculiar way in which Drew’s father chooses to pronounce the (very short) word “Lego”. The whole thing was very enjoyable, mostly because Pablo is a fun person to talk to. But it was also fun for me because, at this point in my life, I’m honestly just as happy talking about this stuff as I am scrambling over rocks in Acadia National Park. This is my problem. Books and quiet time will be there when I need them. Right now, for better or worse, football is on its way.
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